This political drama takes place on the even of the 1956 Suez War, Israel imposed a curfew on Palestinians living under its rule. Read More »
Tag Archives: Arabic
Farewell Baghdad AKA Mafriah ha-yonim (2013) Nissim Dayan, Daniel Gad, Yasmin Ayun, Tawfeek Barhom
Between the years 1950-51 close to 130 thousand Jews left Iraq. The most ancient community in the world ceased to exist. Read More »
Life or Death AKA Hayat ou maut (1954) Kamal El-Shaikh, Yusuf Wahbi, Madihah Yusri, Imad Hamdi
A man with cardiac problems, had heart attack and sent his daughter Read More »
The Prince That Contemplated His Soul AKA Bab’Aziz (2005) Nacer Khemir, Parviz Shahinkhou, Maryam Hamid, Golshifteh Farahani
Bab’Aziz – The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul is the story of a blind dervish Read More »
The Night of the Jackal AKA Layali ibn awa (1989) Abdellatif Abdelhamid, Assaad Feddah, Najah Abdullah, Muhsen Ghazi
Syria, 1967, rumors of war. Abu Kamel, a peasant who farms tomatoes near Latakia, bullies his family. Read More »
The Kite AKA Le cerf-volant (2003) Randa Chahal Sabag, Flavia Bechara, Maher Bsaibes, Randa Asmar
A young 15 year old girl, Lamia, lives in a southern Lebanese village on the border with Israel. Read More »
Papicha (2019) Mounia Meddour, Lyna Khoudri, Shirine Boutella, Hilda Amira Douaouda
Algiers, 1997. The country is in the hands of terrorist groups that seek to establish an archaic Islamic state. Read More »
Chronicle of a Disappearance (1996) Elia Suleiman, Nazira Suleiman, Fuad Suleiman
A Palestinian expatriate filmmaker (Elia Suleiman) documents the loss of national identity in Israel’s Arab population. Read More »
Alexandrie… New York (2004) Youssef Chahine, Mahmoud Hemida, Ahmed Yehia, Youssra
Yehia, an Egyptian director from Alexandria goes to New York Read More »
Fangs AKA Anyab (1981) Mohammed Shebl, Ahmed Adawiyya, Ali El Haggar, Hasan El-Emam
“Anyab” makes the most of the “horror-as-social-commentary” ideology Read More »
Chronicle of the Years of Fire AKA Ahdat sanawovach el-djamr (1975) Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Yorgo Voyagis, Leila Shenna
Winner of the prestigious Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1975, Chronicle of the Years of Embers Read More »
Scales AKA Sayyedat al-Bahr (2019) Shahad Ameen, Basima Hajjar, Fatima Al Taei, Yagoub Alfarhan
Set in a dystopian landscape, SCALES is the story of a young strong-willed girl Read More »
I Am Free AKA Ana hurra (1958) Salah Abouseif, Lobna Abdel Aziz, Shukri Sarhan, Zouzou Nabil
Aminia is a young woman living with her aunt’s family which includes Read More »
The Bus Driver AKA Sawwaq el-Utubis (1982) Atef El-Tayeb, Sharif Abdulhamid, Aaliyah Abdulmoneim, Nimat Abdulnaser
Hassan is a bus driver and the only male sibling of five sisters Read More »
A Man in Our House AKA Fi baitina rajul (1961) Henry Barakat, Rushdy Abaza, Mokhtar Al Sayed, Aziza Badr
Rebel Ibrahim Hamdy succeed in the assassination of Prime Minister collaborators with colonialism Read More »